Chapter 127: Hustle
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As soon as the whistle blew at the end of the game, the media reporters on the sidelines carried long guns and short cannons and instantly surrounded the Knicks players and coaches. Wang Xiaomu was surrounded by several groups of reporters who poked him with microphones.
"Coach Wang Xiaomu, you just led the team to defeat the Bulls, who have the best record in the league, what do you think?" A reporter from X-wave asked in Chinese at the scene.
Wang Xiaomu sighed that this problem was not nutritious, so he could only put on a coaxing appearance, "No. 1 in the whole league? Are you talking about the Bulls or the Knicks? It's a little too early to talk about who is the league's No. 1 regular season leader. I don't think the Knicks don't have no chances, of course, compared to the playoffs, the regular season is still a bit flashy, who knows if Coach Thibodeau is deliberately releasing water. ”
The editor of Xlang.com was so happy that the back molars were blooming, and immediately began to conceive his headline headline in his heart: "Wang Xiaomu won the regular season championship with pride, and Xibodeau did not do his best in the regular season." ”
"Coach Wang Xiaomu, Rose of the Bulls scored a game-high 39 points in this game, what do you think of the All-Star guard." The media in Chicago could not bear to suffer a rout, hoping for some faint piece of good news.
"You said Rose, well, he played well, of course it's just good, the Knicks scored more evenly today, the whole team doesn't need to put the burden on one person, we're a team, we're a team." Wang Xiaomu emphasized.
"So you mean that star players like Anthony and Jeremy Lin just have to play their roles?" Chicago's media speculated.
"Oh no. I mean. Any one of our players can play at Rose's level. But they sacrificed their stats for the sake of the team's win, and I regret that. Wang Xiaomu slapped the ill-intentioned Chicago media.
On the night of the game, a new issue of Sports Illustrated published the story "Who can stop him?" As the cover title, there was a long report on the Knicks under Wang Xiaomu.
The report ranges from Jeremy Lin's outburst to analysis to the gradual stabilization of the Knicks' three elders, from the new signings Diamond and George. Analyzing Wang Xiaomu's tactical core, they are about to say that the Knicks are the Universe team.
In this regard, many media people have stood up and complained.
The screen name is "Kobe Bryant stopped and turned around and jumped off the building", and a senior NBA commentator said disdainfully: "If you want to achieve hegemony, the Knicks still have a long way to go." When will they solve Anthony and Jeremy Lin's mistakes and covet the regular season championship? You must know that every time the Ludao Jazz team is cut off by the bulls, it is because the two elders of Xuan Ming make too many mistakes. ”
Commentators in the U.S. are obsessed with the Knicks' defensive quality.
NBC basketball commentator Kurt Helling said that the Knicks' defense against high-speed, accurate passing balls is really poor: "The Knicks' 99.6 points per 100 offenses is a good statistic, because it at least shows that the Knicks' defensive intensity is a little bit higher in the middle of the league." However, it also exposes a problem, which is that with Anthony and Smalls, the Knicks' defensive intensity is decreasing. It shows that the defense of these two superstars is not good. ”
In this regard, the Knicks' players were clear in an interview. Support Wang Xiaomu:
'It's the first time in my career I've played under a manager who is balanced offensively and defensively, so it's definitely going to help me defensively. Stoudemire spoke highly of the current Knicks coach Wang Xiaomu, and also blackened the former coach D'Antoni at the same time. "In my previous career, no one had ever taught me how to defend."
In any case, the Knicks, who have been riding all the way, will return to their home court to face the challenge of the Trail Blazers and Pacers, and there is nothing more pleasing to Wang Xiaomu than returning to their home court.
"The fan atmosphere away from home was terrible, I was almost out of breath, but when I got back to New York, I felt like my lungs were all new!" Early in the morning, Wang Xiaomu posted a message on his Twitter to support fans in New York.
Soon this tweet was retweeted by the majority of Knicks fans, and everyone agreed that Wang Xiaomu was the cutest person in New York.
"He's incredible, almost a god on the basketball court." NCAA fans also strongly support Wang Xiaomu, believing that he will bring glory to New York.
And Wang Xiaomu's bold words and the slogan of winning the regular season championship have also caused heated discussions on the Internet.
With 24 games left in the regular season of the league, Wang Xiaomu's slogan of winning the championship in advance was obviously a little impulsive.
Sports Illustrated: Wang Xiaomu looks like he can control everything for the Knicks today, but the key question is: can the players' form remain consistent? In his 20-game winning streak, we've found that in some games the main players didn't even score as well as the bench. Admittedly, the Knicks look great right now, but can he find a right-hand man?
New York Daily News Knicks reporter Frank Essora: I think the Knicks do have the capital to be arrogant, and that is reflected in the relaxed mentality of the players. The Knicks are not bad superstars, they are only bad adhesives, but now Wang Xiaomu has completely frozen all contradictions and conflicts, and the Knicks' locker room is even the most harmonious place. Under the premise that the whole team will use their lives, it is reasonable for the Knicks to shout the slogan of competing for the championship.
Russ Bentson, senior reporter for Complex, analyzed the Knicks' next opponent and expressed a cautious lack of optimism, "You know, the Knicks will face Thibodeau's Bulls twice in the next 24 games. You must know that the strong bulls rarely fall twice in one place, and the next time they fight, Lu Erdeng can pay, and the bulls who are fully involved in the battle are undoubtedly a hard bone to gnaw, and the key is that these two games are still together. And twisting the waist also needs to challenge the Heat away from home, and I believe that these three games will determine the ownership of the regular season championship. ”
Although the media people are still chattering, Knicks fans are actually very satisfied, knowing that New York has always been a black hole for head coaches. After Larry Brown signed a five-year, $50 million contract with the Knicks, he went to New York to take office. But the team's thorny bosses didn't buy the NBA and NCAA double championship coach, and after finishing 23-59 at the bottom of the East, Brown left New York in disgrace.
This is New York where Larry Brown is out of class! (To be continued......)